diff --git a/src/elixirDocumentSymbolProvider.ts b/src/elixirDocumentSymbolProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca71c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elixirDocumentSymbolProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { ElixirSymbol, ElixirSymbolExtractor } from './elixirSymbolExtractor';
+
+export class ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider {
+    provideDocumentSymbols(
+        document: vscode.TextDocument,
+        token: vscode.CancellationToken): Thenable<vscode.SymbolInformation[]> {
+        return new Promise(
+            (resolve, reject) => {
+                let src = document.getText();
+                let symbolExtractor = new ElixirSymbolExtractor();
+                const symbols = [];
+                let elixirSymbols = symbolExtractor.extractSymbols(src);
+                for (let symbol of elixirSymbols) {
+                    switch (symbol[0]) {
+                        case ElixirSymbol.FUNCTION: {
+                            let [, name, arity, line] = symbol;
+                            symbols.push({
+                                name: name + '/' + arity,
+                                kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Function,
+                                location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, new vscode.Position(line - 1, 1))
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        case ElixirSymbol.MACRO: {
+                            let [, name, arity, line] = symbol;
+                            symbols.push({
+                                name: name + '/' + arity,
+                                kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Function,
+                                location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, new vscode.Position(line - 1, 1))
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        case ElixirSymbol.MODULE: {
+                            let [, name, line] = symbol;
+                            symbols.push({
+                                name: name,
+                                kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Class,
+                                location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, new vscode.Position(line - 1, 1))
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        case ElixirSymbol.VALUE: {
+                            let [, name, line] = symbol;
+                            symbols.push({
+                                name: name,
+                                kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Field,
+                                location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, new vscode.Position(line - 1, 1))
+                            });
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        default:
+                    }
+                }
+                resolve(symbols);
+            });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elixirMain.ts b/src/elixirMain.ts
index 3c51740..fa1dbeb 100644
--- a/src/elixirMain.ts
+++ b/src/elixirMain.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { configuration } from './configuration';
 import { ElixirAutocomplete } from './elixirAutocomplete';
 import { ElixirDefinitionProvider } from './elixirDefinitionProvider';
+import { ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider } from './elixirDocumentSymbolProvider';
 import { ElixirFormatterProvider } from './elixirFormatter';
 import { ElixirHoverProvider } from './elixirHoverProvider';
+import { ElixirReferenceProvider } from './elixirReferenceProvider';
 import { ElixirSenseAutocompleteProvider } from './elixirSenseAutocompleteProvider';
 import { ElixirSenseClient } from './elixirSenseClient';
 import { ElixirSenseDefinitionProvider } from './elixirSenseDefinitionProvider';
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ import { ElixirSenseHoverProvider } from './elixirSenseHoverProvider';
 import { ElixirSenseServerProcess } from './elixirSenseServerProcess';
 import { ElixirSenseSignatureHelpProvider } from './elixirSenseSignatureHelpProvider';
 import { ElixirServer } from './elixirServer';
-import { ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider } from './elixirSymbolProvider';
+import { ElixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider } from './elixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider';
 
 const ELIXIR_MODE: vscode.DocumentFilter = { language: 'elixir', scheme: 'file' };
 // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-const
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ export function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.languages.setLanguageConfiguration('elixir', configuration));
   }
 
-  ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider({ language: 'elixir' }, new ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider()));
+  ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider(ELIXIR_MODE, new ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider()));
+  ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider(new ElixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider()));
+  ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.languages.registerReferenceProvider(ELIXIR_MODE, new ElixirReferenceProvider()));
 
   const disposables = [];
   if (useElixirSense) {
diff --git a/src/elixirReferenceProvider.ts b/src/elixirReferenceProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c973ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elixirReferenceProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import cp = require('child_process');
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+enum Subject {
+    MODULE,
+    FUNCTION,
+    FQ_FUNCTION
+}
+
+function extractSubject(src, line, row) {
+    let subject = '';
+    let j = row;
+    if (/^[a-z0-9_\?\.\!]$/i.test(line[row])) {
+        while (j >= 0) {
+            if (line[j] == ' ') { break; }
+            subject = line[j] + subject;
+            j--;
+        }
+        j = row + 1;
+        while (j < line.length) {
+            if (line[j] == ' ') { break; }
+            if (line[j] == '(') { break; }
+            subject = subject + line[j];
+            j++;
+        }
+        if (subject.indexOf('.') == - 1) {
+            if (subject[0] == subject[0].toUpperCase()) return [Subject.MODULE, subject];
+            else return [Subject.FUNCTION, subject];
+        }
+        else {
+            let parts = subject.split('.');
+            let last = parts[parts.length - 1]
+            if (last[0] == last[0].toUpperCase())
+                return [Subject.MODULE, subject];
+            else return [Subject.FQ_FUNCTION, subject]
+        }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+function extractModule(src, lineNo) {
+    const lines = src.split('\n');
+    const subDoc = lines.slice(0, lineNo).join('\n');
+    const x = subDoc.lastIndexOf('defmodule');
+    if (x > -1) {
+        let j = x + 10;
+        let name = '';
+        while (/^[a-z0-9_\?\.\!]$/i.test(subDoc[j]) && j < subDoc.length) {
+            name += subDoc[j++];
+        }
+        return name;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+function prepareArgs(type, subject, src, line) {
+    if (type == Subject.FUNCTION) {
+        // find owning module
+        const module = extractModule(src, line);
+        return module + '.' + subject;
+    }
+    return subject;
+}
+
+export class ElixirReferenceProvider implements vscode.ReferenceProvider {
+
+    public provideReferences(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position, options: { includeDeclaration: boolean }, token: vscode.CancellationToken): Thenable<vscode.Location[]> {
+        const dir = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(document.uri);
+        if (dir == undefined)
+            vscode.window.showWarningMessage('No workspace is opened. Finding references needs a workspace with a mix project.');
+        if (dir.uri.path) {
+            //TODO: check if a mix project
+            const lineNo = position.line;
+            const line = document.lineAt(lineNo).text;
+            const src = document.getText();
+            const [type, subject] = extractSubject(src, line, position.character);
+            const args = prepareArgs(type, subject, src, lineNo);
+
+            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                const cmd = `mix xref callers ${args}`;
+                console.log(cmd)
+                const cwd = vscode.workspace.rootPath ? vscode.workspace.rootPath : '';
+                cp.exec(cmd, { cwd }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+                    if (error !== null) {
+                        const message = 'Error while execuing `mix xref`';
+                        vscode.window.showErrorMessage(message);
+                        reject(message);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        const lines = stdout.split('\n');
+                        if (lines.length > 1) {
+                            let references = [];
+                            for (let aline of lines) {
+                                let [file, lineNumber, name] = aline.split(':');
+                                references.push(new vscode.Location(vscode.Uri.file(cwd + '/' + file),
+                                    new vscode.Range(Number(lineNumber) - 1, 0, Number(lineNumber) - 1, 0)));
+                            }
+                            resolve(references);
+                        } else {
+                            resolve([]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                })
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elixirSymbolExtractor.ts b/src/elixirSymbolExtractor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2f083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elixirSymbolExtractor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+export enum ElixirSymbol {
+    FUNCTION,
+    MACRO,
+    VALUE,
+    MODULE
+}
+
+export class ElixirSymbolExtractor {
+    keywords = ['defmodule', 'def', 'defp', 'defmacro', 'require', 'alias', 'do', 'end', 'case', 'try', 'rescue', 'do:', 'import', '='];
+    tracked = ['defmodule', 'def', 'defp', 'defmacro', '='];
+    line;
+    symbols;
+    i;
+
+    public extractSymbols(src) {
+        this.symbols = [];
+        this.i = 0;
+        this.line = 1;
+        let tokens = this.tokenize(this.eraseComments(src));
+        let groups = this.processTokens(tokens);
+        this.processGroups(groups);
+        return this.symbols;
+    }
+
+    public extractSymbolsFromFile(file) {
+        const src = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+        return this.extractSymbols(src);
+    }
+
+    eraseComments(src) {
+        let lines = src.split("\n");
+        let erase = false;
+        for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+            let line = lines[i].trim();
+            if (line.startsWith("#")) {
+                lines[i] = "";
+            }
+            if (line.indexOf("\"\"\"") > -1 && !erase) {
+                erase = true;
+            }
+            if (line.startsWith("\"\"\"") && erase) {
+                lines[i] = "";
+                erase = false;
+            }
+            if (erase) {
+                lines[i] = "";
+            }
+        }
+        return lines.join("\n");
+    }
+
+    isValidChar(char: string) {
+        return /^[a-z0-9_\?\(\)\,\.\{\}!\=\:"]+$/i.test(char);
+    }
+
+    tokenize(src: string) {
+        let tokens = [];
+        let source = src.replace(/\"\"\"w+\"\"\"/, "");
+        while (this.i < source.length) {
+            const token = this.nextToken(source);
+            tokens.push([token, this.line]);
+        }
+        return tokens;
+    }
+
+    nextToken(source: string) {
+        let token = '';
+        while (!this.isValidChar(source.charAt(this.i))) {
+            this.i++;
+            if (source.charAt(this.i - 1) == '\n') this.line++;
+            if (this.i > source.length) break;
+        }
+        while (this.isValidChar(source.charAt(this.i))) {
+            token += source.charAt(this.i);
+            this.i++;
+            if (this.i > source.length) break;
+        }
+        return token;
+    }
+
+    processTokens(tokens) {
+        let groups = [];
+        let current = [];
+        for (let t of tokens) {
+            const [token, line] = t;
+            if (this.keywords.indexOf(token) > -1) {
+                if (current.length > 0) {
+                    groups.push(current);
+                    current = [];
+                }
+                if (this.tracked.indexOf(token) > -1)
+                    current.push([token, line]);
+            } else {
+                current.push([token, line]);
+            }
+        }
+        return groups;
+    }
+
+    processGroups(groups) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
+            const group = groups[i];
+            const first = group[0];
+            const ff = first[0];
+            switch (ff) {
+                case 'defmodule':
+                    this.handleDefmodule(group);
+                    break;
+                case 'def':
+                    this.handleDef(group, groups[i - 1], ElixirSymbol.FUNCTION);
+                    break;
+                case 'defp':
+                    this.handleDef(group, groups[i - 1], ElixirSymbol.FUNCTION);
+                    break;
+                case 'defmacro':
+                    this.handleDef(group, groups[i - 1], ElixirSymbol.MACRO);
+                    break;
+                case '=':
+                    this.handleAssignment(groups[i - 1], group);
+                    break;
+                default:
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    isValidValue(value) {
+        return /^[a-z0-9_\?]+$/i.test(value) && value != '_';
+    }
+
+    handleAssignment(g1, g2) {
+        const val = g1[g1.length - 1][0];
+        const line = g1[g1.length - 1][1];
+        if (this.isValidValue(val))
+            this.symbols.push([ElixirSymbol.VALUE, val, line]);
+    }
+
+    handleDefmodule(g) {
+        const line = g[0][1];
+        const moduleName = g[1][0];
+        this.symbols.push([ElixirSymbol.MODULE, moduleName, line]);
+    }
+
+    parseSignature(sig) {
+        if (sig.includes("(")) {
+            const bracketStart = sig.indexOf("(");
+            const bracketEnd = sig.indexOf(")");
+            const args = sig.substring(bracketStart, bracketEnd > -1 ? bracketEnd + 1 : sig.length);
+            let arity;
+            if (args.includes(','))
+                arity = args.split(',').length;
+            else if (args == '()')
+                arity = 0;
+            else arity = 1;
+            const name = sig.substring(0, bracketStart);
+            return [name, arity];
+        } else
+            return [sig.trim(), 0];
+    }
+
+    handleDef(g, g2, type) {
+        const line = g[0][1];
+        let args = '';
+        for (let j = 1; j < g.length; j++) {
+            args += g[j][0];
+        }
+        const sig = args;
+        const [name, arity] = this.parseSignature(sig);
+        this.symbols.push([type, name, arity, line]);
+    }
+
+    parseModules(modules) {
+        const x = modules.indexOf('{');
+        const y = modules.indexOf('}');
+        if (x >= 0 && y >= 0) {
+            const foo = modules.substring(0, modules.indexOf('.'));
+            const z = modules.substring(x + 1, y);
+            const names = z.split(',');
+            for (var j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
+                names[j] = foo + '.' + names[j];
+            }
+            return names;
+        }
+        return [].push(modules);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elixirSymbolProvider.ts b/src/elixirSymbolProvider.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bf6ae70..0000000
--- a/src/elixirSymbolProvider.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import { DocumentSymbolProvider, WorkspaceSymbolProvider } from 'vscode';
-
-function function_name(line) {
-  line = line.trim();
-  const j = line.startsWith('defp') ? 5 : 4;
-  const x = line.indexOf('(', j);
-  if (x > 0) return line.substring(j, x);
-  else return null;
-}
-
-function variable_name(line) {
-  line = line.trim().split('=');
-  const left = line[0].trim();
-  if (/^[a-z0-9_]+$/i.test(left)) return left;
-  else return null;
-}
-
-export class ElixirDocumentSymbolProvider implements DocumentSymbolProvider {
-  provideDocumentSymbols(document: vscode.TextDocument, token: vscode.CancellationToken): Thenable<vscode.SymbolInformation[]> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const symbols = [];
-      for (let i = 0; i < document.lineCount; i++) {
-        let line = document.lineAt(i);
-        if (line.text.trim().startsWith('def ') || line.text.trim().startsWith('defp ')) {
-          symbols.push({
-            name: function_name(line.text),
-            kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Function,
-            location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, line.range)
-          });
-        } else if (line.text.trim().indexOf('=') > 0) {
-          const name = variable_name(line.text);
-          if (name !== undefined) {
-            symbols.push({
-              name: variable_name(line.text),
-              kind: vscode.SymbolKind.Variable,
-              location: new vscode.Location(document.uri, line.range)
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      resolve(symbols);
-    });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/elixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider.ts b/src/elixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8647880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { ElixirSymbol, ElixirSymbolExtractor } from './elixirSymbolExtractor';
+
+export class ElixirWorkspaceSymbolProvider implements vscode.WorkspaceSymbolProvider {
+
+    public provideWorkspaceSymbols(query: string, token: vscode.CancellationToken): Thenable<vscode.SymbolInformation[]> {
+        return findWorkspaceSymbols(query);
+    }
+}
+
+function partsMatch(query, name) {
+    let hits = 0;
+    const parts = name.split('_');
+    for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+        if (parts[i][0] == query[i]) {
+            hits++;
+        } else {
+            hits = 0;
+        }
+        if (hits >= 2) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+function isMatch(query, name) {
+    const lname = name.toLowerCase();
+    const lquery = query.toLowerCase();
+    return lname.indexOf(lquery) > -1 || partsMatch(lquery, lname);
+}
+
+function findWorkspaceSymbols(query: string): Promise<vscode.SymbolInformation[]> {
+    if (query.length < 2) return;
+    let symbols = [];
+    let files = vscode.workspace.findFiles('{lib,web}/**/*.ex', '');  
+
+    return new Promise<vscode.SymbolInformation[]>((resolve, reject) => {
+        files.then((value) => {
+            let symbolExtractor = new ElixirSymbolExtractor();
+            for (let file of value) {
+                const path = file.path
+                const syms = symbolExtractor.extractSymbolsFromFile(path);
+                const module = syms[0][1];
+                for (let symbol of syms) {
+                    const name = symbol[1];
+                    if ((symbol[0] == ElixirSymbol.FUNCTION || symbol[0] == ElixirSymbol.MACRO) && isMatch(query, name)) {
+                        const arity = symbol[2];
+                        const line = symbol[3];
+                        symbols.push(
+                            new vscode.SymbolInformation(name + '/' + arity,
+                                vscode.SymbolKind.Function,
+                                new vscode.Range(line - 1, 1, line - 1, 1),
+                                vscode.Uri.file(path),
+                                module
+                            ));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            resolve(symbols);
+        },
+            (reason) => {
+                console.log(reason);
+                reject(reason);
+            });
+    });
+}